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... a federal appeals court deals of below to the Justice Department today decor is overturning chilly insider trading conviction ... that move could make it tougher for prosecutors to crack down on the screens in the future ... the latest on this for joint by The WSJ's Christopher Matthews Chris thanks famous for being here ... the assumed to be a little background why did the core tenable for turning these convictions chariots of a little the new ones ... these two guys to hedge fund managers in the cheese and Tanya men ... convicted in two thousand twelve insider trading ... they kill their conviction I'm basically they were at the end of a whip of information and out the steps or pass through ... various individuals and also we can do them and their lawyer said ... our clients didn't know that the person who disclose this information did so in return for personal benefit and under ... the established insider trading laws ... they had to have known that they didn't know that so they can be guilty of insider trading in the court said today that they were ready to how tough is that to prove that its chain of command a few L back the weaker ... it's typical ... you know I mean ... the law the cases the bride it's some these cool is it directly to summon me a sms money in them trades on the once you add in analysts you know ... investor relations people ... there's a there's the at the end of Cina people that separates the ATP from the tempered it becomes very difficult to prove those cases balance the over never again the Manhattan U S attorneys up just return capital bringing these cases the teams have been a pretty good run for them to the city's overturned what their reaction ... I mean I think they're not happy today I aam of the day would also say look we had eighty plus convictions ... you know what they won acquittal was all the iPad and these two were overturned so ... you talking about a small portion of their cases by and large they've been incredibly successful so maybe they're licking their wounds a bit but I don't think it detracts from their overall record as to whether ... the ripple effects from this decision arenas he I think people now try to appeal their convictions ... still there's at least one clear case that could be affected by this time ... at former FCC capital portfolio manager Michael Steinberg ... still more set of facts he was also down the chain from the information ... his lawyers said he's gonna pee on this and I and I think a lot people think it'll be successful ... I don't think they're a lot of other cases that could be overturned on this I think the greater effect is moving for what many cases can they bring them a half to be more careful about going ... after people down the chain of information aren't very nice EPA Priya cresting failing to take the time in China next